The Oklahoma City Thunder opened up the 2025-26 NBA season as they hosted the Houston Rockets for ring night. After lifting the franchise’s first banner in its short history, the Thunder went two overtimes deep against the new-look Rockets, who have Kevin Durant paired with Alperen Sengun.

The NBA season is back! We made it!

Chet Holmgren looked good in his preseason debut against the Nuggets in the Thunder’s final preseason game before Opening Night.

The over 800 custom-cut, hand-set gemstones come in a ring-within-the-ring feature with a band carefully placed inside the larger ring. Here's what the Thunder's historical ring looks like and what is included in the ring ceremony on Tuesday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder started their title defense with a double-overtime win over the Houston Rockets.

“Seeing the banner up there was cool, knowing it’ll be up there forever,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after Tuesday’s game.

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The Denver Nuggets (0-0) take on the Golden State Warriors (1-0) at 10 p.m. ET on Thursday, October 23, 2025.

Oklahoma City controlled most of the extra period, before a Rockets rally tied things up at 115 apiece.

Thunder fans got everything they wanted on Tuesday — a ring ceremony, a championship banner unveiling and a win over ex-Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,

Kevin Durant blamed himself for a Houston Rockets debut gone awry Tuesday, as the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder bested his new club, 125-124, in double overtime at Paycom Center.

Rockets Superstar Kevin Durant will watch the Thunder, the team he helped build, raise their first NBA Championship banner before the start of the game.